Theos-Talk Archives (December 2002 Message tt00466)

In a message dated 12/14/02 12:32:59 AM, mhart@idirect.ca writes:

>Somebody wrote: <<If your eyes were harvested and then in the next
>incarnation you have weak eyes, how are your eyes
>going to be then if you burn them???>>
>
>Hmmm . . . Not to mention the other body parts . . . ?

Good question -- which shows that speculation doesn't teach us anything. 
And, that understanding both evolution and karma and their interrelationships 
aren't as simple as some of us think. It also tells us that any statements 
made by anybody (and that includes everybody) about the nature of reality -- 
without reference to logical and reasonable proof -- should be taken with a 
grain of salt... Meaning, think about it, compare it with the reasonable 
teachings of theosophy (and modern/post modern science that is consistent 
with theosophy) while studying all the opposing views, and then when you 
decide you have the correct answer, make the statement and present your 
logical reasoning behind it... Or keep quiet until you thoroughly know what 
you are talking about. Remember, none of us can claim to be the "originator" 
of theosophical Truth. Everything is what they are (as Popeye and "God" 
said, referring to themselves). And that's for "them" to know and us to find 
out -- for ourselves. If I knew, from the standpoint of the Masters of 
Compassion and Wisdom, the actual mechanisms of how karma really worked, I'm 
not sure I would tell anybody. That also goes for the mechanisms and 
application of the primal "force" that changes the "causeless cause" into the 
"first cause" (all Buddhist arguments about their existence or non existence 
notwithstanding. ;~) 

LHM

LHM